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Understanding Comes Hard To Persons Of High Rank Who Are Accustomed To Phony Lifestyles That Involve No Daily Work.

I Am One Of The Writers Who Wish To Create Serious Works Of Literature Which Dissociate Themselves From Those Novels Which Are Mere Reflections Of The Vast Consumer Cultures Of Tokyo And The Subcultures Of The World At Large.

The Japanese Chose The Principle Of Eternal Peace As The Basis Of Morality For Our Rebirth After The War.

I Have Survived By Representing These Sufferings Of Mine In The Form Of The Novel.

I Don't Think Young People Need To See The Face Of The Deceased.